This roundabout on Thomas Street in Kronenwetter is near a 38-acre parcel off of Lea Road that the Village Board voted to change from 'conservancy' to 'residential' use.

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Bob Dohr
Daily Herald Media

Despite residents' objections, the Kronenwetter Village Board on Tuesday voted to potentially allow housing development on a key parcel that now is designated as a "conservancy."

The board voted 4-2 to change the classification of the 38-acre parcel along Lea Road to "residential" on the village's future land-use map.

Board member Dan Lesniak, also a Kronenwetter plan commission member, said the commission and village employees studied the issue "at length," but in the end he didn't see how the land was different from surrounding parcels with residential development. ...